climate Impacts

The Oceans SOS: Save our Seas Earth is a blue planet, but its color is fading fast. The worlds oceans, two thirds of the planets surface, are in rapid decline. Climate change and overfishing lead the list of culprits: to save our seas we must cut carbon and put away our nets.

Sea Change: A Carbon Sink on the Brink

A Good Catch? The State Of The Worlds Fisheries Sushi is the new steak and modern cuisine cant do without the occasional lobster tail. Seafood is sold at a loss by a subsidized commercial fishing industry that is the oceans worst enemy besides climate change.

Climate Tipping Points of No Return Climate change wont be a smooth transition to a warmer world, warns the Tipping Points Report by Allianz and WWF. Twelve regions around the world will be especially affected by abrupt changes, among them the North Pole, the Amazon rainforest, and California.

Message in a Bottle: Plastics Poison the Pacific

The Pacific Garbage Patch is poisoning the ocean food chain, says its discoverer Captain Charles Moore. The founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation reports on his 2009 visit to the plastic cesspool, and explains why he will never go back.

Arctic Monopoly: The Great Game Revisited Scientists estimate that one quarter of all untapped oil and gas reserves lie in the Arctic. Global warming is making them accessible, prompting intense competition for the resources of the North.

The Cold Front of the Climate Battle

Climate Change: The Costs of Inaction As governments negotiate a global climate treaty while navigating a global economic downturn, policymakers and the public are asking: What are the costs of climate change?

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Extreme Weather Water Supply Agriculture Health Hazard

Climate Change: The Costs of Action Many people wonder what governments, businesses, and citizens must sacrifice to tackle climate change. Can we bear the expense of a world without fossil fuels? How many jobs and how much income will be lost? Is it really worth the effort?

Climate Change Costs: Stern Review Update

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Australian Bushfires: Changing Climate Fans The Flames The continents worst natural disaster in more than a hundred years has claimed nearly 200 lives and left thousands homeless. In the wake of the tragedy, the search for the causes begins.

Water Cycle Part 1: Changing Gear Global warming is intensifying the water cycle the process of precipitation, infiltration, and evaporation. In the future, the wet will get wetter and the dry will become drier.

Water Cycle Part 2: Changing Gear

On the Table: Global Food Security Prices for staple foods are more volatile than ever. In the middle of a global recession, will politicians and executives address the problem?